PLATFORM:ONE
My digital painting "Beeston Castle", will be on display at the awesome CreweCreates alongside 64 other fabulous works from talented local artists.
From September 19 - December 19.
The piece below (the exhibition poster) is Static Anxiety by Andrew Berry.
My lab (where the magic happens) and the view "out back".
Wimberry Rocks - cartoon style
Like a mini graphic novel, where my painting becomes the story!
Focussing on the more interesting details of the Wimberry painting then laying them out like a story board.
The header was done with AI; the rest is my own work (more details on how I did this below...)
Wimberry
Indian ink. Lithuanian reed pen. British grit.
You've been framed!
If you've seen an image that you like just wing me an email and I'll flog it to you (at a great rate!).
Above Tanygrisiau
The remnants of a drainage system in the slate heaps above Tanygrisiau.
Biro.
Slate Mill
Quick digital sketch of a slate mill in the quarries below Moel yr Hydd.
A digital sketch.
Sneakers
In a departure from my usual outdoor photography, I did a quick sketch of my urban trainers.
Approaching Chrome Hill
Chrome Hill.
My dad, up ahead.
For this image, I used a photograph as the base layer which was later switched off - so every pixel in the image was put down by myself, operating the brushes in Krita.
As for the hike itself - After a successful ascent (and descent) of Parkhouse Hill (enjoyably spicy), I took the executive decision to leave Chrome Hill and the rest of the circuit for another day.
Back
Hen Cloud
Here, I took a quick photo on scene then back to the lab! Bring the image up on my phone and refer to it whilst daubing in my sketchpad (watercolour and biro). Finally; photograph the sketch (with my phone again) and use Krita's Auto Contrast on the image. Done.
Sybil Head
An Indian Ink and Watercolour rendering of Sybil Head; which was one of a series of 31 illustrations I did for Inktober '24 - raising funds for CALM.
A Bit of Blue for the Dads
Progress on the Beeston Castle illustration.
I added a blue 'wash' to parts of the castle wall, just for the hell of it.
Shutlingsloe from Macc Forest
Here, I referred to a photo on my phone (of a view looking towards Macclesfield Forest from the summit of Shutlingsloe), and using a pressure sensitive stylus and the free Krita software, sketched away on a Wacom tablet - wired to the laptop. So there were three screens in front of me!
Original photo (Samsung Flip)
Betws-y-Coed, Llyn Elsi circular
